Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Thursday a probe into the issue was not necessary.

Audrey Dempsey made the remark at a meeting of the party’s Glasgow branch.

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke of her ‘intense level of frustration’ with how the situation has been handled.

The SNP has now urged the former UK environment secretary to apologise.

The First Minister said the sensitive handling required ‘has been missing from how the Home Office has gone about this’.

A recent poll put Scottish Labour third behind Reform UK ahead of next May’s ballot.

The First Minister used a speech to paint Nigel Farage’s party as a threat in a bid to drive voters to the SNP.

The First Minister and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will address a conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

Highland Council also expressed worries for ‘community cohesion’.

The SNP manifesto included a pledge to cut contact time.

Rufus Radcliffe was speaking to a Westminster committee about proposals which would see 60 jobs go.

The proposals were announced on Monday.

The Scottish Government has submitted its views to the UK-wide pension age review.

Figures released to the party showed a wait of more than eight years for plastic surgery treatment.

Some 8,430 people were housed in Scotland’s jails on Tuesday.

The defectors hit out at the Scottish Greens leadership.

The SNP Westminster leader said ‘swift’ action should be taken to strip the prince of his titles.

The Scottish Government under the SNP has been against new nuclear power.

The SNP has set the bar for a new referendum on independence at winning a majority of seats next year.

The college sector is fully devolved to Scotland.